cyanosis

Descriptions of cyanopathia or Morbus caeruleus (cyanosis) have populated medical literature since the time of Hippocrates, although the actual pathophysiology behind its development eluded physicians until the advent of objective anatomy and physiology. Morgagni, “accurate anatomist,” philosopher, and one of the fathers of contemporary medicine, is often credited with having first described cyanosis (in association with stasis due to...